UAE reports 772 Covid-19 cases in lowest daily tally for a year

Daily infections have remained below 1,000 for 17 days in a row

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  People get tested for coronavirus at the Mina Rashid screening centre in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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  Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, health authorities have called upon citizens and residents to join with the efforts of health care professionals. Health workers, such as these Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, have led the way. Reem Mohammed / The National

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  Healthcare workers at the emergency ward in Sheikh Khalifa Medical City. The President, Sheikh Khalifa, has paid tribute to the frontline workers who helped to curb Covid-19. Reem Mohammed / The National

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  Healthcare workers at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City receive a patient outside the emergency department. Reem Mohammed / The National

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  A consultant physician at the emergency department in Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, receives a Covid-19 patient. Reem Mohammed / The National

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  People get the laser blood test tests at the Mina Rashid screening centre in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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  A nurse sanitises her hands after conducting a swab test at one of the UAE's screening drive-through centres in Mina Rashid, Dubai. Victor Besa / The National

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  A health worker taking the Covid-19 nasal swab test at a testing station in thet Mall of the Emirates in Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National

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  Nurse Renu Venugopal, who contracted Covid-19, recovered and continued to treat patients at Al Zahra Hospital, Sharjah. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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  Ruth Deva Kiruba says being pregnant during a pandemic was surreal and sometimes lonely. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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  EMT nurse Jephy Antony, who contracted Covid-19, recovered and continued to treat patients at the NMC Royal Hospital, DIP, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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  A visitor gets tested at the Ras Al Khaimah Covid-19 drive-through testing centre. Reem Mohammed / The National

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  Nurse Nikhil Rajendran inside the fever clinic at the Bareen International Hospital in Mohamed Bin Zayed City in Abu Dhabi. Pawan Singh / The National

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  Shane Simeon Galang from Philippines, Mervat Aslan Mhgoub Mohamed from Egypt and Sowmya Kotian from India, who are nurses at the Bareen International Hospital in Mohamed bin Zayed City in Abu Dhabi. Pawan Singh / The National

The UAE recorded 772 Covid-19 cases on Thursday, its lowest daily tally for one year.

Case numbers have now remained below 1,000 for 17 consecutive days.

Infection rates have steadily declined during the summer months, having peaked at close to 4,000 a day in early February.

The last time daily infections were lower was on September 8, 2020, when 644 positive tests were reported.

The latest caseload brought the UAE's overall tally to 726,797.

Another 1,026 people overcame the virus as the recovery total climbed to 717,257.

Another four people died, raising the death toll to 2,057.

The infections were detected as a result of an additional 286,017 PCR tests.

More than 77.3 million tests have been conducted since the outbreak began.

The UAE's robust response to the pandemic was recognised in a new global rankings of 50 cities.

Abu Dhabi was placed first and Dubai fifth in the report, titled 'Ranking of the Safest Cities during the Covid-19 Pandemic for the Second Quarter of 2021', released by analytics consortium Deep Knowledge Group in London.

The league table focused on efforts to safeguard public health, bolster the economy from the financial fallout of the outbreak and deliver strong vaccination rates.